Shell Fights Landmark Case Alleging Its Climate Change Stance Harms Human Rights December 17, 2020 By Laura Hurst and Diederik Baazil Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could...
Shell Faces Climate Change Lawsuit in Dutch Court December 1, 2020 By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM – Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Tuesday, demanding the energy firm drastically reduce the production...
AIA Cuts Coal Investments as Scrutiny Grows on Financial Firms’ Carbon Assets November 25, 2020 By Bei Hu AIA Group Ltd. said it’s paring coal-related investment as financial firms globally face pressure to reduce their carbon assets. The...
Coal Financing Drying Up as More Countries Target Zero Carbon Emissions November 24, 2020 By Aaron Sheldrick and Fransiska Nangoy TOKYO – Financing for coal projects is drying up at ever increasing rates as more countries target zero carbon emissions...
Canada’s Banks, Insurers to Participate in Pilot Climate Risk Project November 17, 2020 Some of Canada’s largest banks and insurers are set to participate in a pilot project to better understand the risks...
Analysis: Exit from Paris Agreement Creates Climate Liability for U.S. Businesses November 5, 2020 By Nathaniel Bullard The outcome of the U.S. general election is not yet clear. What’s been obvious for months is that climate change...
U.S. Officially Becomes 1st Nation to Exit Paris Climate Pact November 4, 2020 By Will Wade and Jess Shankleman The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome of the...
Australian Pension Fund Agrees to Settle Landmark Climate Risk Litigation November 2, 2020 By Swati Pandey SYDNEY — One of Australia’s largest pension funds on Monday agreed to settle a landmark climate risk litigation filed by...
$5 Trillion Investor Group Aims to Align Portfolios with Paris Climate Agreement October 13, 2020 By Simon Jessop Thirty of the world’s largest investors managing a combined $5 trillion said on Tuesday they plan to set targets to...
Vermont House Advances Climate Change Bill to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions February 25, 2020 The Vermont House has given preliminary approval to legislation that sets requirements and deadlines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in...